An arbitrator has ordered Metrolinx to reinstate five transit workers who were terminated for making sexually harassing comments about female co-workers, substituting lengthy suspensions for the disch… To continue reading, …
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Ontario’s top court upholds Metrolinx’s firing of five employees for sexual harassment in WhatsApp group
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld Metrolinx’s termination of five transit employees who made sexually harassing comments about a female colleague in a private WhatsApp group, overturning an arbit… …
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Opinion/Commentary
GO Transit case highlights the shadows cast by off-duty conduct after Ontario court blasts arbitrator’s reasoning
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAn Ontario court has confirmed, underscored, highlighted — and just plain emphasized, yet again — that employers have a duty to investigate allegations of workplace harassment even if there is …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedSexual Harassment
Ontario court overturns reinstatement of GO Transit drivers fired for crude WhatsApp chats, orders new arbitration
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has overturned an arbitrator’s decision that reinstated five GO Transit bus drivers who were fired by Metrolinx after allegations of workplace harassment via What… …
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GO Transit ordered to reinstate 5 bus drivers fired for crude WhatsApp conversations
In a significant arbitration decision handed down this week, five GO Transit bus drivers were found to have been unjustly terminated due to private conversations they held on the encrypted …